Ventura, CA

Ventura, CA: Marketing for Dental & Medical Practices

Public data on Ventura, and what we would do first for a practice there because of it.

109,914residents (2025 estimate)
164NPI-registered dentists
$103,069median household income
Residents

Ventura at a glance

Furthest from the US: share of residents who speak Spanish at home (19.2% against 13.6%), then median household income ($103,069 against $80,734).

  • Residents, July 2025 estimate109,914Down 0.8% from the April 2020 base of 110,746
  • Median household income$103,069Above California ($99,122), well above the US ($80,734)
  • Median age41.3Above both California (37.9) and the US (38.9)
  • Residents 65 and older18.6%Above both California (15.7%) and the US (17.2%)
  • Bachelor's degree or higher (residents 25+)41.5%Above both California (37.1%) and the US (35.7%)
  • Speak Spanish at home (residents 5+)19.2%Well below California (28.3%), well above the US (13.6%)

The share who speak Spanish at home is where Ventura and Oxnard (5 miles apart) differ most: 19.2% against 60.7%, then the share with a bachelor's degree or higher (41.5% against 19.5%).

Local context

Local healthcare landscape in Ventura

Community Memorial Hospital in Ventura, at 147 North Brent Street, has been caring for Ventura County since 1902 and lists 250 private rooms, a 23-bed Level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and an Emergency Department with 37 private rooms. Its parent, Community Memorial Healthcare, has hospitals in Ventura and Ojai. The City of Ventura is home to seven Neighborhood Community Councils: Westside, Downtown, Midtown, College Area, East Ventura, Pierpont and Montalvo. The city notes that its seven City Council districts don't perfectly align with the boundaries of those councils. The Westside Community Council describes its area as nestled between the Ventura River, the Pacific Ocean and the hills, while the Midtown Ventura Community Council gives its boundaries as Highway 101 to the south and the crest line of the Ventura hills to the north.

Neighborhoods and areas

  • Westside
  • Downtown
  • Midtown
  • College Area
  • East Ventura
  • Pierpont
  • Montalvo

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Providers

Who practices in Ventura

NPI-registered providers with a practice address in Ventura, by primary specialty (people, not offices). Per resident, Ventura is furthest above the US among plastic surgeons (2.7 times the US rate) and lowest among dermatologists (0.8 times).

SpecialtyIn VenturaResidents per providerUSAgainst the US
Dentists1641 per 6701 per 1,340Well above
Chiropractors561 per 1,9631 per 3,311Well above
Dermatologists51 per 21,9831 per 17,857Below
Physical therapists1611 per 6831 per 1,181Well above
Optometrists501 per 2,1981 per 5,291Well above
Podiatrists101 per 10,9911 per 14,706Well above
Plastic surgeons51 per 21,9831 per 58,824Well above
Employers

Private-sector health care employers in Ventura County, 2024

2024 annual averages for the whole county. Offices of physicians are 40.7% of them, well above the US share of 32.6%.

  • Ambulatory health care establishments2,493Average employment 17,808
  • Offices of physicians1,015
  • Offices of dentists478
  • Offices of other health practitioners603
Our plan

What we'd prioritize for a Ventura practice

Chosen by fixed rules from the figures above.

  1. Reviews and your Google Business Profile first

    One NPI-registered dentist per 670 residents in Ventura (US: one per 1,340). That is 2.0 times the national rate. We would start with the Google Business Profile and review management.

  2. A crowded field for optometrists

    2.4 times the US number of NPI-registered optometrists per resident (one per 2,198 residents). A optometrist here needs a clear focus and real reviews: see our marketing for optometrists.

  3. Lead with elective and cash-pay services

    The median household income in Ventura is $103,069, against $80,734 for the US. Elective work earns its own pages and budget, with Google and Facebook ads.

State rules

California advertising rules to know

The California page quotes the 5 state rules we check before anything goes live.

Location pages near Ventura

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Sources

Provider counts use each NPI record’s practice ZIP code, split between places by where the ZIP’s 2020 census residents live.

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